In the News
Dec. 11, 2003
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/121103/news1211.html
KUCHAREK SAYS NO: Attorney Jim Kucharek, head of the county's Child Support Services department, said Tuesday that he will not run as a replacement candidate in the March recall election against District Attorney Paul Gallegos. Kucharek, a deputy prosecutor under former DA Terry Farmer, said that family concerns are keeping him out of the race. "Family comes first," he said. "My son is a [high school] senior. In eight months he's going off to college. I'd kind of like to spend some of that time with him." According to the non-candidate, pleas from people urging him to run have been increasing in recent weeks -- a sign, perhaps, that viable replacement candidates are hard to come by. Most local attorneys with prosecutorial experience already work in the DA's office, and it is presumed that they will not run against their boss. (The deadline to file is Dec. 18.) Kucharek's decision did not stop him from leveling some serious criticism at Gallegos. "My view is that that office, right now, is a mess," he said.
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